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4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)

Margie Cohn

78% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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3.0
Aug 6, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As everyone says, the free food (which has gotten significantly worse since I arrived due to budget cuts), the beautiful campus, the transparent CEO, the people, getting the week between Christmas and New Years off. Also, the company is going in many new directions, some of which will be successful

Cons

Low pay, health insurance worse than industry average, terrible retirement plan, no stock options, no bonus or raise in 2013 due to poor performing Rise of the Guardians (Turbo is on track to be even worse), no stability (20% layoff earlier this year), vacation benefits worse than industry average

1.0
Jun 30, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) Free food 2) Stable job (at least for the R&D team)

Cons

1) Using archaic and age old tools which (probably) all mainstream tech companies have discarded in the last millennium 2) Minimal scope of developing cutting edge algorithms and be on the forefront of technology advancement. Working 2 - 3 years in the R&D team might lead to having problems finding jobs in tech companies as one's skill set ail be obsolete. 3) Low salary, no stock benefits, below par compensation as compared with the rest of the tech industry 4) No growth potential: not only in terms of moving up the corporate ladder but also improving technical skills. In my experience, most of the people I knew in the last 2 years have left the company somewhere between 1 - 2 years. There is another (small) group of folks who are in the company for 10 - 15+ years with minimal knowledge on the advancement in this field and for me, it was a dreadful experience working with those (thankfully, I left like many in R&D team as well).

2.0
Jun 10, 2013

Good environment, bad stability

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food. Decent pay. Excellent hardware.

Cons

Badly managed schedule causes alternate big hiring sprees and big layoffs.

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